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Posted By: davidcycleback

As a bidder, I am much more hesitant about bidding due to the recent rule that all bidder ids are blocked. My main concern is shilling.

One of my old elementary rules to others for avoiding scams, fakes and shills on eBay is to avoid private auctions, and now eBay has made all auctions private. Does this mean all eBay auctions should be avoided, or does it mean I should revise the rule? My opinion is that the avoid private auctions rule is no longer valid, or at least workable, but the mass privatization will lead to more shilling.